Graduate studies

The Department

The Department of Physics faculty at uOttawa consists of 28 regular professors, 19 adjuncts and 12 professors associated with other departments. Research is enhanced by collaborations with other departments and faculties, local research laboratories and institutes including the National Research Council (NRC-CNRC), the Communications Research Centre (CRC) and the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI-IRSO).

Studying at uOttawa

A global technology centre and recently ranked the “top tech center in Canada” in terms of current activity and future prospects, Ottawa provides an optimal setting in which to pursue graduate studies in physics and find employment in the private sector. It has been chosen by students as the best city in the world to be a student (QS world rankings, 2017) and it is was ranked the #1 city to live in Canada by moneysense.ca (2016). As Canada’s capital, Ottawa benefits from a safe but spirited downtown core filled with an array of restaurants, galleries, museums, festivals and events. It is also home to the National Hockey League’s 2007 Eastern Conference Champions, the Ottawa Senators! In addition to its urban appeal, the city is balanced by wide open green spaces, nearby parks, forests and lakes, as well as over 170 km of hiking and biking trails. It also boasts the world’s longest skating rink which runs just alongside the university campus.

As a graduate student at the University of Ottawa, you will be among more than 40000 students at Canada’s largest bilingual university. You will have access to more than 100 clubs and associations, a modern concert hall and theatre, as well as Eastern Ontario’s largest sports complex where enrollment is free for many of the recreational sports and activities, including fitness, hockey, swimming and martial arts.

Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics

At the graduate level, the department is part of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics, one of the largest centres in Canada for graduate studies and research in physics. The Institute was formed in 1982 by the amalgamation of the graduate programs of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.